407.] [Footnote 94: I know that Llorente's calculations have been disputed: as, for instance, in some minor details by Prescott (_Ferd.

and Isab._ vol.iii.p.

492).

The truth is that no data now exist for forming a correct census of the victims of the Spanish Moloch; and Llorente, though he writes with the moderation of evident sincerity, and though he had access to the archives of the Inquisition, does not profess to do more than give an estimate based upon certain fixed data.

However, it signifies but little whether we reckon by thousands or by fifteen hundreds.